4-H in Marshall County

There is a 4-H Club near you! Contact information for club leaders can be found "here" or under "How to Join" below.

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Looking to Join 4-H?

4-H clubs generally meet monthly, and nearly every community in Kansas has at least one. These meetings give youth opportunities to share their project work (speak), plan community service activities, and practice running meetings. They have many "sub-clubs" for individual projects, led by adults or teens within the club. For specialized projects like shooting sports, many counties have county-wide project clubs that operate in a similar fashion.

4-H Youth Development

4-H is a community of young people across Kansas engaged in learning leadership, citizenship, and life skills. Caring adults that support our programs are essential for youth to achieve their potential based on the guidance, respect, skills, knowledge and wisdom adults can share.

4-H is a nationwide program. Each of the four H's of the clover represent ways youth can grow and develop.

Head, critical thinking, problem solving;
Heart, self-discipline, integrity, communication;
Hands, serving others; and

Health, choosing healthy lifestyles.

In 4-H, youth have fun with a purpose!

Kansas 4-H site.

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Volunteering with Kansas 4-H

One principle of positive youth development is the benefit of a positive, sustained relationship of the young person with a caring adult. In order to serve as a volunteer, all potential volunteers who have direct, on-going contact with youth must be screened through the Kansas 4-H volunteer screening process.

All youth deserve a safe and caring environment, and all parents and guardians should expect that when their children are entrusted to the 4-H program, each child will be in a safe setting with caring adults. Given this expectation, Kansas 4-H upgraded their 4-H Volunteer Screening process August 1, 2014. The new process involves an application, reference check, interview, background check and an orientation.

Contact the Extension Office for more information.

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